Example sentences of "[noun pl] to [pron] we [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is shown by the Hellenic prototype , thanks to which we can see that we are now recreating the Hellenic epochs , hut in reverse order , passing from the Alexandrian to the tragic . |
| 2 | Furthermore , there are certain limitations to what we can learn from science because the concept of replication does not obtain in police investigation . |
| 3 | These are matters to which we must return , but first we need to examine more closely the trends and patterns of overseas trade . |
| 4 | He wrote to all his senior departmental ministers asking , ‘ have you any problems to which we shall have to give our early attention ? ’ |
| 5 | It seems ludicrous that Scottish Back-Benchers do not even have the facility of a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs to which we could summon Ministers and ask them in detail about the problems that we face . |
| 6 | The point about studies on non-human animals is not that they replace studies on humans but that they provide us with pointers to what we should study in people and how we should study it . |
| 7 | We have seen accomplished within a few brief months or years reforms to which we should have assigned , not decades , but generations . |
| 8 | One answer to this question might utilize an optical theory of the telescope that explains its magnifying properties and that also gives an account of the various aberrations to which we can expect telescopic images to be subject . |
| 9 | There are two main uses to which we will put these concepts . |
| 10 | I think there are limits to what we can manage here on the premises because it disrupts life a bit . |
| 11 | In this short series we 're exploring some of the boundaries of science — the limits to what we can measure or experience , limits that exist in space , time , temperature and so on . |
| 12 | So , if there are limits to what we can do , and if the development of technology brings costs as well as benefits , we now must face the second question : under what circumstances do we either develop or apply a particular technology ? |
| 13 | The second is the fact that we tend to make ourselves miserable by exploring the limits to which we can resist the temptation to go all the way . |
| 14 | But the games that matter most obviously nowadays are the league games and we 've lost three badly bad league games to what we would call inferior opposition . |
| 15 | We can all think of examples to which we would apply these descriptions and be willing to give reasons . |
| 16 | One powerful source of fresh blood came from new men to whom we shall return , the Sussex ironmasters , like the Bowyers of Cuckfield who disputed so effectively with Bishop Curteys . |
| 17 | We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems . |
| 18 | Finally in this short resumé of the teachers ' predicament , we should mention the more personal factors to which we shall return later in the book : their aspirations , ambitions , values and concerns . |
| 19 | And we protested , writing letters to everyone we could think of . |
| 20 | The cost is exorbitant and the Government should take this opportunity to tell that to local authorities , especially in relation to students , although there are other categories to which we may refer in other clauses and amendments . |